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2023 Presidency: ‘No zoning in APC’ – Yahaya Bello

Aminu Imam

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello has denied reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), had a zoning arrangement ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Yahaya Bello made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend. Recall that Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, had recently said that the southern region of the country should be allowed to produce the next president of Nigeria in 2023. The governor had joined his Kaduna counterpart, Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i and other prominent northern politicians who had made similar calls in recent…

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APC registers 2.5 million members in Kano

Aminu Imam

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, of Kano State, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has so far registered about 2.5 million members in the ongoing membership registration/revalidation in the State. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abba Anwar, yesterday in Kano. Anwar said that the governor disclosed this during the sixth APC stakeholders’ meeting in Kano. “We are all aware that the first set of 100 registers sent to polling units were exhausted; and the second set of 200 per polling units has also been…

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Rising profile of insecurity in Nigeria no longer acceptable – DG PGF

Ishaku Yohanna

…Says APC must work hard to lift Nigerians out of poverty By Godwin Amunde The Director General (DG) of the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) – an umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has expressed deep concern over the rising profile of insecurity in the country, saying the situation is no longer acceptable to most Nigerians. In a statement he issued in Abuja on Monday titled: ‘Poverty and existential problems of Nigeria’, the PGF DG lamented that with…

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Ganduje sacks Salihu Tanko, despite ‘mysterious disappearance’

Aminu Imam

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has relieved his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, of his appointment. Recall that in the wake of schoolgirls abduction in Zamfara State, Tanko-Yakasai, on Friday via his Twitter handle, had described the APC government as failure. Since posting the comment on Twitter, Tanko-Yakasai had gone missing, situation that created insinuations that he was arrested by the operatives of the State Security Service, (SSS). However, in a swift reaction, however, the Kano State Director of the SSS, Muhammad Alhassan, denied arresting Tanko-Yakasai. Hours…

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APC extends registration, revalidation exercise by 3 weeks

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has extended its nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise by three weeks. According to a press statement issued by the party’s National Secretary, Senator John J. Akpanudoedehe, the extension was due to a shortage of materials as a result of the massive turnout. Akpanudoedehe said the exercise has been extended to Wednesday, March 31st, 2021. It said the Party appreciated the efforts of Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, the National Registration, Revalidation Committee led by the governor and other stakeholders in making sure the exercise…

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APC boycotts Sokoto LG elections

Aminu Imam

The Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided not to participate in the forthcoming local government (LG) election in the state. The State’s APC Chairman, Alhaji Isah Achida, said at a news conference on Sunday in Sokoto that the decision was based on the party’s lack of confidence in the present Sokoto State Independent Electoral Commission, (INEC). Achida said their lack of confidence is hinged on the fact that members of the state electoral commission are all card-carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “Indeed,…

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PDP wants Kano APC chairman prosecuted over ‘hate speech’

Aminu Imam

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, should arrest and prosecute the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Abdullahi Abbas, for alleged hate speech. A viral video revealed Abbas as  saying: “Attack and punish anybody you see trying to steal votes during the election in 2023; take stiffer action into your hands and nothing will be done. I have ordered you to punish anybody seen before ballots boxes trying to rig the election, this is my punishment, and nothing will…

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APC ‘Not all-comers affair’ – PGF DG

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) Dr. Salihu Lukman, said the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) must not be an all-comers affair, insisting that only those with progressive credentials should be admitted into its fold in the ongoing nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise. He said the recent attempt to accept Chief Femi Fani-Kayode into the fold of the APC was a clear attempt by some partisans to manipulate the leadership of the ruling party into doing the wrong thing. It would be recalled…

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2023: “APC’ll decide which zone shall produce President” – Umahi

Aminu Imam

Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has the powers to determine which geo-political zone the Presidency would be chosen in 2023. Umahi made the assertion yesterday, when he paid his maiden visit to the APC National Secretariat, Abuja , since defecting to the party, stressing that every good party man, or woman, must subject his or her opinion on the matter to the party and allow it to exercise that charge. The Governor said it is not for any individual or group to begin…

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APC defection: “I’ve not left PDP”, Says Femi Fani-Kayode

Aminu Imam

Former Aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied claim that he has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). He made the denial in a short statement issued after a video by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello that he had accepted to join APC went viral today. However, the former minister said though he has been involved in consultations with members of the ruling party, he has not made up his mind on whether to dump the PDP. “Though we have had meetings across…

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